Harrison, J.R. Vita 1 Office Address Ohio University Center for Intervention Research in Schools 2738 E. Main St. Bexley, Ohio Phone: (614) 237-4322 Email: harrisj7@ohio.edu Curriculum Vitae JUDITH R. HARRISON, PH.D. Clinical Research Scientist Center for Intervention Research in Schools Ohio University HIGHER EDUCATION Texas A&M University, College Station, Texas, Ph.D. Educational Psychology, Special Education, 2009 Dissertation: Perplexities in discrimination of attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD): Specific behaviors that may hold some answers. Stephen F. Austin State University, Nacogdoches, Texas, M.A. Counseling: Community and Special Education, 1997 Lamar University, Beaumont, Texas B.S. Elementary Education, 1986 CERTIFICATION AND LICENSURE Licensed Professional Counselor (License # 15587), Texas State Board of Examiners of Professional Counselors Texas Teaching Certificates, Texas Education Agency Special Education Counseling School Counseling Elementary Education (01 08) Generic Special Education (PK 12) Early Childhood Education Handicapped Child Kindergarten RESEARCH EXPERIENCE AND SUPPORT 2013-present Clinical Research Scientist Ohio University
Harrison, J.R. Vita 2 Center for Intervention Research in Schools Evans, S. W., & Flory, K. (Co-PIs). Mediators of Social Impairment (IES# R305A110059). Evans, S. W., & Langberg, J. (Co-PIs). Multisite Study of School Based Treatment Approaches for ADHD Adolescents (NIH/MIMH # 1-R01- MH-082864-02-A2). 2010 present Clinical Research Scientist Ohio University Center for Intervention Research in Schools Kern, L. (PI), Evans, S.W., & Lewis, T. (Co-PIs). Center for Serious Behavior Disorders at the Secondary Level (IES # R324C080011). 2009-2010 Assistant Research Scientist Texas A&M University Vannest, K. (PI). Project D2K; Data to Knowledge, Measurement, and Progress Monitoring of Behavior and Texas Social, Emotional, and Behavioral Standards (700,000.00). 2005 2009 Research Coordinator Texas A&M University Vannest, K. (PI). Project D2K; Data to Knowledge, Measurement, and Progress Monitoring of Behavior 2006 2009 Research Assistant BASC-2 Intervention and Classroom Guides Pearson Publishing, Circle Pines, Minnesota K-12 TEACHING EXPERIENCE 1997-2009 Special Education Counselor/Behavior Specialist, K-12 th grades Big Thicket Special Education Cooperative Lumberton Independent School District, Lumberton, TX 2000-2008 Special Education Teacher/Counselor 6 th -12 th grades Extended Year Services Big Thicket Cooperative, Lumberton Independent School District, Lumberton TX 2005-2007 In-Home Family Counselor for Youth with Emotional and Behavioral Disorders, K-12 th grades Big Thicket Cooperative, Lumberton Independent School District, Lumberton, TX 1996-1997 Family Liaison/Mental Health Therapist Spindletop Mental Health Mental Retardation, Beaumont, TX
Harrison, J.R. Vita 3 1995-1996 Special Education Teacher, Life Skills, 6 th 8 th grades Vidor ISD, Vidor, TX 1993-1995 Special Education Counselor, K-12 Polk County Special Services, Livingston, TX 1991-1993 Special Education Teacher, Adaptive Behavior, 3 rd 8 th grades Corrigan ISD, Corrigan, TX 1986-1991 Kindergarten Teacher Beaumont Independent School District, Beaumont, TX POST-SECONDARY TEACHING Teaching Assistant, Special Education 642: Program Development for Students with Behavior Problems. Texas A&M University. January May, 2010 Supervisor: Kimberly J. Vannest, Ph.D. Instructor, Special Education Field Based 471: Classroom Management and Behavior Intervention. Texas A&M University, January-May, 2008. Supervisor: Shanna Hagan- Burke, Ph.D. Teaching Assistant, Special Education Field Based 471: Classroom Management and Behavior Intervention. Texas A&M University, August December, 2007. Supervisor: Shanna Hagan-Burke, Ph.D. PROFESSIONAL SERVICE Reviewer, School Mental Health Member, Council for Exceptional Children Member, Council for Children with Behavior Disorders Committee Member, Texas Collaboration for Emotional Development in Schools (TxCEDS), Region V Educational Service Center, Silsbee, Texas AWARDS 2010 Nominee Graduate Student Award for Excellence in Research. Association of Former Students, Texas A & M University. PEER REVIEWED PUBLICATIONS Harrison, J. R., Vannest, K. J., & Reynolds, C.R. (2013). Social acceptability of five screening instruments for social, emotional, and behavioral challenges. Behavioral Disorders, 38(3), 171-189.
Harrison, J.R. Vita 4 Harrison, J. R., Bunford, N., Evans, & S. W., Owens, J. (2013). Educational accommodations for students with behavioral challenges: A systematic review of the literature. Review of Educational Research, Review of Educational Research, 83(4), 551-597. doi: 10.3102/0034654313497517 http://rer.sagepub.com/cgi/reprint/83/4/551?ijkey=wc7fdxw54sy5w&keytype=ref&sit eid=sprer Evans, S. W., Brady, C. E., Harrison, J. R., Bunford, N., Kern, L., State, T. & Andrews, C. (2013). Measuring ADHD and ODD symptoms and impairment using high school teachers ratings. Journal of Clinical Child & Adolescent Psychology, 42(2), 197-207. doi: 10.1080/15374416.2012.738456 Harrison, J. R., Vannest, K. J., Davis, J. L., & Reynolds, C. R. (2012). Common problem behaviors of children and adolescents in general education classrooms in the United States. Journal of Emotional and Behavioral Disorders, 20(1), 55-64. doi: 10.1080/15374416.2012.738456 Vannest, K. J., Harrison, J. R., Temple-Harvey, K., Ramsey, L., & Parker, R. I. (2011). Improvement rate differences of academic interventions for students with emotional and behavioral disorders, Remedial and Special Education, (32)6, 521-534. Harrison, J. R., Vannest, K. J., & Reynolds, C. R. (2011). Behaviors that discriminate ADHD: Primary symptoms, symptoms of comorbid conditions, or functional impairment? Journal of Attention Disorders 15(2), 147-160. doi: 10.1177/1087054709356170 Vannest, K. J., Soares, D. A., Harrison, J. R., Brown, L., & Parker, R. I. (2009). Changing teacher time use. Preventing School Failure, 54(2), 86-98. Harrison, J. R., Thompson, B., & Vannest, K. J. (2009). Reading and understanding the evidence for effective interventions to increase academic performance in students with ADHD: The relevance of the statistical significance controversy. Review of Educational Research.79, 740-775. Reprinted (2010) Mensa Research Journal, 41(3), 59-77. Soares, D. A., Vannest, K. J., & Harrison, J.R. (2009). Computer aided self-monitoring to increase academic production and reduce self-injurious behavior in a child with autism. Behavioral Interventions, 24(3), 171-183. doi: 10.1002/bin.283 Harrison, J. R. & Vannest, K. J. (2008). Educators supporting families in times of crisis: Military reserve deployments. Preventing School Failure, 52(4), 17-23. doi: 10.3200/PSFL.52.4.17-24 GRANTS Harrison, J. R. (Under Review). Protective Factors for Adolescents with ADHD: Predictors and Moderators of Success in Secondary Schools. Co-I: Steven W. Evans
Harrison, J.R. Vita 5 State, T. S., & Harrison, J. R. (2012, Co-PIs). Evaluation of Intervention Sustainability and Related Factors Following Two Years of Intervention Implementation at the High School Level. Submitted to IES. Not funded. BOOKS Reynolds, C. R., Vannest, K. J., & Harrison, J. R. (2012).The Energetic Brain: Understanding and Managing ADHD. San Francisco, CA:Wiley. BOOK CHAPTERS Harrison, J. R., & Vannest, K. J. (in press). Deployment and problem prevention for adults in military families. In M. Bloom and T. Guillota (Eds.), Encyclopedia of Primary Prevention (2 nd ed). New York: Springer. PRESENTATIONS Spiel, C., Harrison, J. R., & Evans, S. E. (April, 2014). Creating research-based IEPs for students with ADHD. Presentation at the annual meeting of the Council for Exceptional Children, Philadelphia, PA. Kern, L., Custer, B., Harrison, J.R., Evans., S.W., & State, T. (March, 2014). Strategies to strengthen interventions for secondary students with emotional and behavioral disorders. Presentation at the 11 th International Conference on Positive Behavior Support, Chicago, IL. State, T., Harrison, J. R., Kern, L., & Evans, S. W. (September, 2013). Treatment acceptability variables and their role in predicting integrity of school based interventions. Presentation at the 2013 Council for Children with Behavioral Disorders, Chicago, IL. Harrison, J. R., Spiel, C., & Evans, S. E. (April, 2013). Predictors of accommodations selected for students with emotional and behavioral disorders. Presentation at the annual meeting of the Council for Exceptional Children, San Antonio, TX. Lewis, T., Kern, L., Harrison, J. R., & Wachsmuth, S. (April, 2013). Preliminary findings from the Center for Adolescent Research in Schools (CARS). Presentation at the annual meeting of the Council for Exceptional Children, San Antonio, TX. Evans, S. W., Owens, J.S., Schultz, B. K. & Harrison, J. R. (April, 2013). Achieving feasibility with evidence-based school mental health interventions in high schools. Presentation at the annual meeting of the Council for Exceptional Children, San Antonio, TX.
Harrison, J.R. Vita 6 Harrison, J. R., Schamberg, T., & Evans, S. W. (March, 2013). Classroom and student based intervention: barriers to intervention integrity in high schools. Presentation at the 10th International Conference on Positive Behavior Support, San Diego, CA. Cloth, A. C., Harrison, J. R., & Evans, S. W. (February, 2013). Communication styles and alliance building in adult-youth mentoring relationships. Presentation at the Annual Conference for the National Association of School Psychologists. Philadelphia, PA. Spiel, C. F., Evans, S. W., Davis, H. I., Schultz, B. K., Owens, J. S., Harrison, J. R., & Langberg, J. M. (2012). Special education for adolescents with ADHD: Investigating the researchbase of services. Presentation at the Conference on Advancing School Mental Health. Salt Lake City, UT. Harrison, J. R., Bunford, N., Evans, S. W., & Owens, J. S. (April, 2012). Accommodations for Students with ADHD or EBD: A literature synthesis. Lecture at the Council for Exceptional Children Convention, Denver, CO. Harrison, J. R., & Vannest, K. J. (February, 2012). Social acceptability of social, emotional, and behavioral screening instruments. In J. R. Harrison & J. S. Owens (Co-Chairs) School Based Screening for Social Emotional and Behavioral Challenges. Symposium accepted for presentation at the Annual Conference for the National Association of School Psychologists. Philadelphia, PA. Bunford, N., Harrison, J. R., & Evans, S. W. (2011). Web-based data collection of intervention effectiveness: advantages and limitations in comparison to a simultaneous paper-based method, ABCT, Toronto, Canada. Harrison, J. R., Cloth, A. H, State, T., Evans, S.W., & Kern, L. (2011). Check and connect: mentor and student acceptability, obstacles to implementation, and potential solutions. Poster presented at American Psychological Association, Washington, DC. Harrison, J. R, & Davis, J. (2010). Evidence based interventions for the most common problem behaviors in classrooms in the United States. Poster presented at ABAI Annual Convention, San Antonio, TX. Davis, J., Vannest, K. J., & Harrison, J. R. (2010). Behavioral progress monitoring: School wide implementation and data management. Council for Exceptional Children Convention and Expo, Nashville, TN. Soares, D. A., & Harrison, J. R. (2010). Increasing academic performance and decreasing selfinjurious behavior through computer aided self-monitoring. ABAI Annual Convention, San Antonio, Texas. Harrison, J. R. (2010). Social validity of the BASC-2 Behavioral and Emotional Screening System. 7th International Conference on Positive Behavior Support, St. Louis, MO.
Harrison, J.R. Vita 7 Vannest, K. J. & Harrison, J. R. (2009). Evidence based interventions for learning and behavior problems in a response to intervention model: How can we better train our teachers for general education applications of RTI? Poster presented at the Teacher Educator Division, Council for Exceptional Children Conference, Charlotte, NC. Harrison, J. R. (2009). Exclusionary Discipline: Pre-service instruction in behavioral interventions for general and special educators to decrease loss of academic instruction and teacher frustration. Poster presented at the Teacher Educator Division, Council for Exceptional Children Conference, Charlotte, NC. Harrison, J. R. & Hagan-Burke, S. (2009, October). Tertiary Intervention: Using functional behavior assessment to develop effective interventions for students with persistent problem behavior. Leadership Conference in Effective Behavior and Academic Support, Austin, TX. Harrison, J. R. & Hagan-Burke, S. (2009, October). Function-based intervention planning for students with challenging behaviors. Leadership Conference in Effective Behavior and Academic Support, Austin, TX. Harrison, J. R. (2009). Behaviors that discriminate ADHD recommendations for assessment and intervention selection. Poster presented at the International Conference on Children and Youth with Behavioral Disorders, Denver, CO. Harrison, J. R. (2009). Exclusionary discipline: Alternatives at tier one and two to increase the behavioral and social success of students with emotional and behavioral disorders. International Conference on Children and Youth with Behavioral Disorders, Denver, CO. Harrison, J. R. (2009). Exclusionary discipline: Pre-service instruction in behavioral interventions for general and special educators to decrease loss of academic instruction and teacher frustration. Poster presented at Teacher Education Division (TED) Council for Exceptional Children, Charlotte, NC. Vannest, K. J., Harrison, J. R., & Soares, D. A. (2009). Interventions for behavior at tier two and tier three. Texas Council for Exceptional Children. Dallas, TX. Harrison, J.R. (2009). The impact of disciplinary removals from the least restrictive environment on Annual Yearly Progress. Poster presented at Council for Exceptional Children, Seattle, WA. Bruhl, S., & Harrison, J. R. (2009). Second graders solve real-life mathematical problems: A tier 2 intervention. Poster presented at Council for Exceptional Children, Seattle, WA. Harrison, J. R. & Soares, D. A. (2008). Discipline referral analysis and impact on TAKS scores: Implications for pre-service instruction in classroom management. Teacher Education Division Council for Exception Children, Dallas, TX.
Harrison, J.R. Vita 8 Vannest, K. J., & Harrison, J. R. (2008). Evidence-based interventions for learning and behavior problems in an RtI model. Teacher Education Division Council for Exceptional Children, Dallas, TX. Harrison, J. R. & Soares, D. A. (2008). Teaching pre-service teachers to interpret evidence for evidence based practice: An illustration from the ADHD literature. Poster presented at Teacher Education Division Council for Exception Children, Dallas, TX. Vannest, K. J., & Harrison, J. R. (2008). Evidence-based interventions to address emotional and behavioral problems identified by the BASC-2. Poster presented at American Psychological Association, Boston, MA. Harrison, J. R. (2008). A tier II intervention: Organizational skills training for adolescents with ADHD. Texas Council for Exceptional Children, Irving, TX. Bruhl, S., & Harrison, J. R. (2008). Prescribing supplemental early numeracy instruction: How much is enough to improve outcomes? Poster presented at Council for Exceptional Children, Boston, MA. Harrison, J. R., Soares, D. A., Gonzales, J., & Vannest, K. J. (2007). Learner characteristics and types of behaviors exhibited by students with EBD. Council for Children with Emotional and Behavior Disorders, Denton, TX. Vannest, K. J., Harvey, K. T., Harrison, J. R., & Ramsey, L. (2007). Research-based practices in academics for students with behavior disorders. National Association for School Psychologists, NY. Harrison, J. R. (2006). Educators supporting families in times of crisis: Military reserve deployments. Teacher Educators for Children with Behavior Disorders, Tempe, AZ. Harrison, J. R. (2005). The role of the command team in U.S. Army reserve family readiness groups. Invited presentation at the 90 th RRC Commanders Conference, Little Rock, AR. Harrison, J. R. (2005). Family Readiness Groups: The social and emotional piece. Invited presentation at the 90 th Regional Readiness Command Family Programs Advisory Committee Conference, San Antonio, TX. Harrison, J. R. (2005). Families of deployed soldiers. Invited panel at the 90th Regional Readiness Command Senior Leadership Deployment Conference, San Antonio, TX.